Peatlands have always had a place in art, writing and poetry. In times of global warming these cultural reflections can help open up debate about the biodiversity and climate crisis.
Amanda Gorman helped kick off the 2022 United Nations General Assembly on Monday to call for climate action. The American poet appeared on stage to recite her new poem, “An Ode We Owe,” that discussed equality, poverty and climate change.
In his 2020 poetry collection “Habitat Threshold,” Craig Santos Perez wields his poetry as a way to critique climate change and the societal ills - racism, bigotry, capitalism and corporate greed, among others - that contribute to it.
Greenland poet Aka Niviana's way of life is disappearing as her country thaws, while the subsequent meltwater threatens Kathy Jetnil-Kijiner and her fellow Marshall Islanders thousands of miles away. Their joint trip to the melting glaciers inspired a climate call to arms.